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The following is a timeline of the island of Brava, Cape Verde.

Prehistoric era

  • About 20 million years ago: The seamount formed
  • Around 3 to 2 million years ago: The island now known as Brava formed
  • Around 5,000 years ago, as the sea level rose, Monte Fontainhas' elevation would mark under 1,000 meters.

Colonial era

See also: Timeline of Portuguese Cape Verde
  • 1462 - The island was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Diogo Afonso
  • 1573 - The island's first settlement established, the first settlers were from the Portuguese islands of Madeira and the Azores, slavery was absent in the first few decades
  • 1579 - Sir Francis Drake visited the island
  • 1580 - Approximate population: 100
  • 17th and 18th centuries: Brava's coast raided by pirate attacks
  • 1650 - Approximate population: 400
  • 1680 - A influx of immigrants from the island of Fogo poured after the volcano erupted and lava began to flow and devastate the island
  • 1720 - Approximate population: 1 200
  • 1800 - Approximate population: 3 000
  • 1826 - Nossa Senhora do Monte village founded[1]
  • 1832 - Estimate population: 8,000[2]
  • 1843
    • The port of Furna founded[3]
    • The American consulate on Brava opened, it once served as a consulate of Cape Verde, then a subdivision of the Portuguese Empire, after independence in 1975, it became the American embassy of Cape Verde and is now housed in Praia, the capital.
  • 1862 - Nossa Senhora do Monte became a place of pilgrimage[4]
  • 1867 - October 18: Eugénio Tavares was born, he would become the greatest Cape Verdean poet
  • 1780s - First wave of emigration began as American whaling ships headed to the area within the island, some people emigrated, whaling was an important source of income on the island
  • 1880 - Nova Sintra's Catholic church opened
  • 1890 - Population: 9 784, the highest population reached
  • 1900 - Population: 9 200
  • 1922 - Estado Novo regime established, emigration to other countries including the United States would not be permitted for around 60 years
  • 1930 - Population: 6 383
  • 1930s - Economic crisis started mainly after the Great Depression and famines struck the island
  • 1930s - The first Protestant church opened on the island, the Seventh Day Adventist church opened by missionaries from the United States[5]
  • 1940 - Population: 8 528[6]
  • 1943 - August 21: The ship Matilde sunk, nearly every family in Fajã de Água lost one or more relatives.
  • 1950 - Population: 7 937[6]
  • 1950s - Brava devastated by famine, some of the people emigrated nearly southeast to São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time, another Portuguese colony
  • 1960 - Population: 8 625[6]
  • 1970 - Population: 7 756[6]
  • 1974 - April: the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Estado Novo regime collapsed, Cape Verde became an autonomous province

After independence in 1975-1999

  • 1975
    • March 12: Nô Pintcha football (soccer) club established
    • July 5: Cape Verde declared independence from Portugal and became and independent nation
  • 1980
  • Since 1980, a small wave of emigration much of it to Western Europe continued for the next few decades up to 2010
  • 1982
    • tropical storm Beryl hitted Brava, the port was flooded 10 meteres causing damages to boats[7]
    • Seismic activity occurred on the island, this happened at Cadamosto seamount, 20 km southwest, the first of four happened in 22 years
  • 1984 - Brava Island League founded
  • 1988 - Sporting Clube da Brava football (soccer) club established
  • 1990 - Population: 6 975[6]
  • 1990 - Second seismic activity from the Cadamosto seamount happened on the island
  • 1992 - Esperadinha Airport first opened, the latest air transportation hub opened in Cape Verde
  • 1993 - Brava Island League resumed
  • 1998 - Third seismic activity from the Cadamosto seamount happened on the island

21st century

  • 2000
    • Population: 6 804[8]
    • The port of Furna was improved
  • 2004
    • GD Corôa football (soccer) club established
    • Esperadinha Airport shut due to high winds
  • Fourth and final seismic activity from the Cadamosto seamount happened on the island, it measured 4.3 on the Richter scale
  • 2010
  • 2011 - 10 January: The new ferry boat,the Kriola connected the ports of São Filipe in Fogo and Praia in Santiago,[10] it is slightly faster than the previous ferry boat once used for fishing and only served Fogo

See also

References

  1. ^ Reitmaier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.415. Bielefeld 2009.
  2. ^ Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 17.
  3. ^ Reitmeier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.415. Bielefeld 2009.
  4. ^ Reitmaier, Pitt: Cabo Verde, p.418. Bielefeld 2009.
  5. ^ Land, Gary (2005). Historical Dictionary of Seventh-Day Adventists (= Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements. Lanham MD: Scarecrow. p. 55. ISBN 0-8108-5345-0.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Source: Statoids
  7. ^ Osang, Rolf: Kapverdische Inseln, p.151. Cologne 2001.
  8. ^ Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatísticas.
  9. ^ Portal do Instituto Nacional de Estatística: INE - CENSO 2010.
  10. ^ "Brava recebe Kriola com entusiasmo (com fotos actualizadas)". A Semana (in Portuguese). 10 January 2011.
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